The Man Who Could Not Disappear
by Jeff Fort
Why do we care about the details, large and small, of Kafka’s life?
Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
by David Shields
Celebrating the confusion between field report and self-portrait, and between fiction and nonfiction.
A Brief Take on Genetic Screening
by Richard Powers
Diagnosing the chronic belief that medicine and narrative are inextricably linked.
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The Flesh Failures
by Devin McKinney
Irrestistible arses, and bombs on the dance floor: introducing the worldview of Colin MacInnes.
Fat Fiction
by Rachel Aviv
If overweight people are in fact an oppressed minority, it’s one with only a handful of writer-champions.
Ed Ruscha
interviewed by Christopher Bollen
“It’s fun to paint fire.”
Robyn Hitchcock
interviewed by Lou Anders
Britain’s surrealist rock luminary plays music for the undead.
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Harold Ramis
interviewed by Eric Spitznagel
Harold Ramis wrote and directed
Caddyshack, the most important movie of all time.
Alice Quinn
interviewed by Meghan O’Rourke
Editing a volume of Elizabeth Bishop’s uncollected work, drafts, and letters reveals what she suffered to become the poet she became.
